The holiday season is here and the DNR Map & Bookstore is full of great gift ideas. Come see us at the Department of Natural Resources building on the corner of North Temple and Redwood Road in Salt Lake City.

The holiday season is here and the DNR Map & Bookstore is full of great gift ideas. Come see us at the Department of Natural Resources building on the corner of North Temple and Redwood Road in Salt Lake City.

White Rock Bay, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County
Photographer: Ken Krahulec © 2016

With hunting season just around the corner the DNR Map & Bookstore can help you map and plan your hunt.
Our BLM Surface Management Maps show land ownership by color and include public and private land, roads, and more.

Come see us at the Department of Natural Resources building on the corner of North Temple and Redwood Road in Salt Lake City, or SHOP ONLINE.
100 Years: Let’s celebrate!
The National Park Service is turning 100 and everyone can take part in the celebration!
“A Family Guide to the Grand Circle National Parks” is available now at our Utah Natural Resources Map & Bookstore located on the corner of North Temple and Redwood Road in Salt Lake City.

Discover the national parks and programs in your own backyard!
The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016.
As part of the celebration, entrance fees are waived at all National Park Service facilities from August 25 through August 28!
A complete driving map, featuring 8 National Parks is available now at the DNR Map & Bookstore. Utah.com National Parks Map & Guide

Join the party!
The prestigious 2016 Crawford Award was presented to UGS geologist Bob Biek in recognition of his work in mapping the Panguitch 30’ x 60’ quadrangle (UGS Map 270DM). Bob’s mapping makes several significant contributions to our understanding of the geology of southwest Utah, including correcting significant aspects of Cretaceous and early Tertiary stratigraphy that have caused geologists problems for decades, and unraveling the enormous and complex Markagunt gravity slide. The Markagunt gravity slide study was initially published with co-authors Dave Hacker and Pete Rowley in Geology. Recognizing the significance of this work, the Geological Society of America recently agreed to fund a Thompson Field Forum on mega-gravity slides to be held in southern Utah in 2017. Additionally, UGS Map 270DM recently received the national Charles G. Mankin Award for geological mapping from the Association of American State Geologists.
The Crawford Award recognizes outstanding achievement, accomplishments, or contributions by a current UGS scientist to the understanding of some aspect of Utah geology or Earth science. The award is named in honor of Arthur L. Crawford, first director of the UGS.

smithsonianmag.com
When’s the last time you laid hands on something billions of years old? (That old salsa jar at the back of your fridge doesn’t count.) If you answered “never,” you’re not alone.
fox13now.com
Flash flood chaser David Rankin is an expert at tracking storms and catching the resulting floods on camera, and after a series of thunderstorms this week he has two new videos showing Mother Nature’s awesome power at work.

Wilson Health Springs and the Deep Creek Range, Tooele and Juab Counties
Photographer: Rich Emerson; © 2016
usatoday.com
Fossil hunters have been racing to the American West since the 1800s, and despite important and historic results, the contest to find new dinosaurs hasn’t always been pretty.